Settling In and Making Plans

Brett has planted grass inside the play pen of the stall for nights and rainy days.

Princess Pink shows a more daring side, throwing hay around everywhere and chewing up every basket and toy in sight. She leaves strings of giant rabbit pellets everywhere too. LOL

Her fiber is coming in nicely. She is a gorgeous dark red. As the fiber gets longer, it will lighten but she is a beautiful and fun rabbit.

Miss Lily has shown herself to be a neat and tidy little rabbit. She eats little and is very clean. The two couldn't be more different! LOL I have been plucking Miss Lily's fiber these last two weeks. She seems to enjoy the plucking and I have gotten some gorgeous fiber from her junior coat. Her undercoat is quite dark brown which surprised Brett and I. It will be interesting to see what her adult lilac coat comes in as.

Cathy finally found me the right comb for them. I had purchased a fancy, expensive stainless steel comb, a rotating teeth comb and a slicker brush. She sold me a comb with wide teeth and a wooden handle. The difference in combing is astonishing. The wooden comb is SO much better than the expensive comb. The slicker brush and new wooden handled comb make a perfect combo for grooming. (We will be investing in a blower as well. This will help with grooming and get their coats conditioned for showing, especially with the English Angoras.)

They both LOVE to get out and play every night in the stall playpen. Brett has set up the hay on a piece of ply on wood blocks and the "den" is their favorite place to dig. Princess Pink loves to dig. She gets her face brown. She gets in the "den" and starts pushing out the dirt and hay with her forepaws.

I have been doing a lot of research and have found more rabbits to add to my herd. I have found a breeder in Washington, Daisy Hill Farms, that has a beautiful red buck for me that I can breed to Princess. She also had several hybrids. I chose the white doe hybrid for her white fiber and the chinchilla doe for her color and the satin sheen she is showing in her wool. They will be joining us via the Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival in Canby in two weeks. I can't wait! Brett will be building more hutches for our new tenants.

We also went and visited Beacon Bend Alpaca Farm where our does came from. Cathy's English Angoras had their kits. She is reserving one for me, the dark slate tort baby. I am so excited to get this adorable English to add to the herd. He is from excellent lines and showable. He is a gorgeous color as well.

I have just found out another litter of Satins was born a couple days ago. I was put on their waiting list and will be able to pick a buck from the litter. I am also hoping to get a doe from the litter as the lines are BCM and Daisy Hill, far from my girls. I can't wait to see them either.

Rabbits are very addictive. Their color and breeding, their fiber. I love to groom them and care for them every day. They are wonderful companions.

I am excited about my new rabbits coming. We will be breeding Princess Pink to the new Daisy Hill red buck coming the end of the month. The two should produce gorgeous red babies. Now I have to figure out names for the white doe, red buck and English baby!